Friday, August 14, 2015

Windows 10, Bowling Shoes,

I wasn't expecting to have time to write a blog this evening as I was messing with Windows 10 which I am now entitled to download onto my laptop. Not on my desktop oddly enough. Anyway, I have spent a long time backing up programmes and files which I would hate to lose. The trouble with my laptop is that I am running a number of older programmes which are not supported any more but which do things I haven't found elsewhere such as Address Book which keeps one's addresses, prints labels and keeps track of Christmas Cards sent and received over the years. Does other things but I don't use those much if at all. I have not been able to find another programme that will keep track of cards although there are lots of address ones out there. Another is an old cookery book system which still has recipes on it which I occasionally refer to although most of the time my recipes are on Living Cookbook which I have on both machines so am not too worried about. I was going to schedule the download for 11 p.m. but then decided to leave it til the weekend just in case..... I am still a bit leery of the upgrade, but I do want to be up to date.

Our bowling was absolutely dreadful today, Thursday, neither of us could do anything much. Maybe

it's because the League was over on Wednesday and none of it matters that much any more. I also decided to order some new bowling shoes as the ones I presently have slip up and down a I walk. A pain in the .. feet. They are pretty expensive things to buy these days. The odd thing is that the shoes Matt bought around 35 years ago are still fine although the pair I bought, exactly the same except for colour, fell apart some years ago. The pair I have now fasten with a velcro strap and this is part of the problem, I can't get them tight enough any more, to stop slipping. This shoe is almost exactly the same as I have ordered. I don't remember if they had blue laces but certainly blue inside. They should be here by the middle of next week hopefully.

Okra isn't something we eat a lot of although I do like to make gumbo now and again when I come across some really fresh okra. This looked good too. The first time we ever ate okra was in the Mediterranean and it was in a tomato based sauce. My mother figured out how to copy this and we had it several times over the years. These days I'm afraid I cannot remember what she did.

Crunchy Baked Okra

My sister prepared these for Father’s day, and they were SO GOOD!! They taste like fried okra, just less greasy.

I like okra for many reasons.
I like the way it tastes, it is packed with vitamin A, B, C, and K, its antioxidant properties, fiber, folates, iron, calcium, manganese, magnesium, and more. It is also said that okra helps reduce cancer. If you live in the South, you are probably familiar with this appetizer. The okra is usually dipped in buttermilk, deep fried, and then showered with salt. But, I made it healthy for the consumption of my family (not drenched in oil, no cholesterol, not covered in salt, etc).

24 comments:

I'm afraid to download Windows 10. I don't even like rebooting my computer when there are updates. My desktop is so old it has no modem and nowhere to plug in a flash drive. I'm not even sure what Windows version is on it, but if I had to guess, it was bought in 2001 or 2002.

A scary prospect, the new upgrade, but we don't really have a choice do we?I wear a larger walking shoe and always two pairs of socks. One thin and the other a bit thicker, would that work until you can replace them? Have a great weekend!

My nephew said wait on doing the Windows 10 upgrade until they get the bugs worked out. I'm all for that idea since my pc is just 1.5 yr. old with Windows 8.1 running just fine. I did reserve my upgrade but you have a year before that will expire as a freebie. I've only had okra at a restaurant and that was good, like this recipe sounds too.

There are new houses being built in our neighborhood. Cox was out on Wednesday installing phone/cable/internet. My router had to be reset. While I was talking to the tech at Cox, we were talking about Windows 10. (I have not upgraded yet.) He said at this point they do not support it as there are too many bugs still in the system. So, I will wait for a bit before I upgrade.I do like okra. I like the idea of oven frying it. I oven fry eggplant and prefer it that way.

A suggestion for Windows 10 (besides forget it and install Linux): there's a choice in the install to either upgrade or create an installation disk. Before you do the upgrade, create the installation disk. That way, if the upgrade doesn't work (as mine didn't), you can do a clean install from the installation disk. Also, you can upgrade your other machine from the installation disk.

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Happily married for 45 years, originally from the UK, living in Canada now. Interested in cooking, reading and wildlife conservation. Read more at http://satimaflavell.blogspot.ca/2009/02/fresh-fields-reading-and-recipes.html